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‘Ye Shall Know The
Truth And The Truth
Shall Make You Free’
SHEDDING LIGHT
For A
GROWING RACE
VOLUME 3, NUMBER 32
JACKSON, MISS, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1943
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Navy Announces Negro Inductions
Will Be Stepped Up To 15 Per Cent
Jackson Colored Recreation
Council To Sponsor New Center
In order that there be a thorough
understanding of the project set
up for colored service men, here
in the city of Jackson, by the
Federal Security Adminstration and
the City of Jackson, Mayor Wal
ter A. Scott, called together a group
of citizens Friday evening in a
special meeting held at the newly
renovated Service Center, 501 N.
Parish Street.
After telling the purpose of the
meeting, the Mayor explained that
/the new service center had come
into being after two agencies had
contracted and the City of Jackson
had accepted the building and the
plans for operation. He stated that
the one and only purpose of the
center is to provide wholesome re
creation and entertainment for
colored soldiers, and that this cen
ter would have the same working
program as the Scldlers Center at
the Citty Auditorium for white
soldiers.
The facilities of the colored ser
Mayor Scott Names
Race Personnel
vice men’s center are complete ana
directly in line with Service Clubs
all over the country. The persons in
charge have bad six years of ex
perience with the social service
work of the Community Welfare,
as well as four years of experience
with the National Travelers Aid.
The persons appointed by the
Mayor are not identified with any
faction or group bu,t make up the
over- ?li committee for thr* Recrea
on of Soldiers in the city and must
see that a wholesome constructive
program is offered by all projects.
Persons appointed by the Mayor,
to head th Jackson Colored Recrea
tion Council are: W. L. Mhoon
|',hi!arman, O B. Cobbins, Vice
Chairman, Willie J. Miller, Secre
tary, Mrs. Elizabeth Moman, direc
tor.
Troops In Papua
Cited For Service
WASHINGTON— (ANP) - Negro
troops assigned to the Papua area
of the Southwest Pacific came in
for praise last Thursday wnen the
war department cited all units of
the army ground forces, air forces
and service forces which partieat
ed in the fighting on the Papauan
p^nin^ula of New Guinea from
July.
23 to Janurary 23. The citation fol
lows:
The Papuan forces, United States
army, Southwest Pacific area, are
cited for outstanding performance
of duty in action during the pei
iod July 23, 1942 to Jan. 23 1943
When a bold and aggressive enemy
invaded Papua in strength, the
combined action of ground and
air units of these forces, in asso
ciation with aided units, checked
the hostile advance, drove the
enemy back to the sea coast and
in a series of action against highly
organized defensive zono utterly
destroyed him. •
‘‘Ground combat forces, operat
ing over roadless jungle-covered
mountains and swamps demon
strated their courage and resource
fulness in closing with an enemy
who took every advantage of *he
Nearly impressable terrain Air
forces, by repeatedly attracking the
enemy ground forces and installa
tion, by destroying his convoys at
tempting reforcemenl and supply,
and by transporting ground forces
and supplies to areas for which
land routes were non-existent and
sea routes slow and hazardous,
made possible the success of the
ground operations.
“Service units, operating far
forward of their normal positions
and at times in advance of ground
combat elements, built landing
fields in the jungle establshcd
and operated supply points and
provied for the hospitalization and
evacuation of the wounded and
sick.
“The courage, spirit and devo
tion to duty of all elements of the
command made possible the com
plete victory attained.”
STATEWIDE ORATORICAL CONTEST
TO BE HELD HERE MAY 14th
The Statewide Intercollegiate
oratorical contest and debate will
be held at Central Church, North
Farlsh Street, Friday night, May
14th, at 7:30 P. M.
Every Negro College in Mississ
ippi will take part in this contest;
Tougaloo College, Jackson College,
Alcorn College, Campbell College,
Miss., Industrial College and
Rust College. ;
Two hundred dollars in cash
prizes will be given the winners by
Dr. S. D. Redmond that night.
The winner of the first prize will
receive $100.00; the winner of the
second prize $60.00; the winner of
the third prize $40.00. and the
winner of the fourth prize, will
receive honorable mention.
The subject is: “Best Ways
Whereby the Negro May Solve His
Economic Problems.”
Several college choirs will fur
nish the music for the occasion
which will be one of the most out
standing of the season.
There will be visitors from all
over the State.
The public is invited.
Mother’s Death
Finds Son Six
Days At Sea
Mrs. Mary E. Edwards, of Flor
ence Street, Washington Addition,
died at her home after a short ill
ness last Thursday. Efforts of the
Red Cross to notify her only child,
Julius Mitchell, now in the Army,
revealed that he had already left
this country for oversea duty and
at the time of her death, was six
days sailing at sea. Aside from her
son, she is survived by her hus
band, Rev. B. C. Edwards.
Funeral services were held at
Pearl Street A. M E. Church, at
2 p. m. Monday, with burial in the
Lincoln Cemetery.
Members of the Council who
were present at the initial meet
ing are Mrs, J. R. Redmond, Rev.
C. A. Greer, Dr. A. M. Redmond,
Mrp W. M. Gooden, Prof. Edward
Tademy, Mrs A. M. Mosley, Mrs. S.
V. Lucas. Mrs. Elease A. Williams,
Mrs B. C. Marino, Prof. A. N.
Jackson. Prof J. H. Pernell, Mr.
H D. Rhodes, Miss Ruth Golden.
Dr. C. E. Christian, Mr. F. W
Washington Miss Matilda Hender
son. Rev P E. Lott, Rev. W. P.
Whitfield, Mr Edward Lee, Mr.
W. H. Goodwin. Mr. D. D. Shep
herd. Rev. A B Keeling. Dr. J. L.
Reddix, Dr. E. W. Johnson, Mr
W. J. Miller, Mr. E W. Banks,
Mr. A. L. Froctor. Prof. I. Sanders,
Miss E E Bunchanan. Mr. C. A.
Hall, Prof. O. B. Cobbins, Dr. S.
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He's With Africans
CAPT. JOE L. WASHINGTON
—member of the Royal West Afri
can Forces, is the second well
known New Yorker to join the
British medical forces on the fight
ing fronts. The first was Dr. Walter
King. Capt. Washington, a mem
ber of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra
ternity, is stationed with the West
African Regiment in Egypt. This
sketch was made by George An
drew Corley of the OWI outpost
office in Cairo while the medical
officer was on leave there. Born
in Jacksonville, Florida, 40 years
ago, Captain Washington finished
the College of the City of New
York before going to the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons at Edinburgh,
Scotland. He graduated there in
1919. His brother, Chester A. Wash
ington, lives at 555 Edgecombe Ave
nue. New York. (Photo by OWI)
State Medical,
Dental Association
Holds Meet
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The
Mississippi Medical and Dental As
sociation held their annual meet
ing here last Wednesday and
Thursday with all meetings in the
USO club.
The meeting was hailed as one
of the best in recent years, and
was featured by the outstanding
Medical and Dental Clinics and
the wide study of the problems of
venereal diseases and military
medicine.
Dr. G. A. Carmichael, Canton,
Miss., was elected president of the
Medical Association, and Dr. H. J.
Field, Laurel, Miss., was elected
president of the Dental Society.
The meeting for next year will
be held in Yazoo City, Miss.
(
Figure Would
Exceed Demand
Of Mr. McNutt
Still Silent
About Question
Of Race Officers
WASHINGTON. D. C.—(ANP) —
The navy department formally an
nounced Wednesday that upwards
of 15 per cent of the men to be in
ducted this year wall be Negroes
The announcement follows by two
weeks the exclusive report of .the
Associated Negro Press that seme
100,000 Negroes would be processed
by Dec 31.
Earlier in the wreek, War Man
power Chairman Paul V. McNutt
admitted in his press conference
that “a satisfactory schedule” had
been worked out with tthe navy
department for the increased rate
of induction. He said also that the
schedule would ''guarantee what
we have asked them to da”
McNutt all along has been press
ing the armed forces to accept Ne
groes up to 10 per cent of the
total personnel of all branches.
The navy announcement would
indicate that he has scored.
silent on officers
The announcement made no
mention of the distribution to be
made of the men inducted although
the department has jurisdiction
over both the mar ine corps and
the coast guard. Nor would Mc
Nutt threw any more light on the
subject, preferring to rest on the
comment that, it “is none of my
business.”
If the navy has *vny plans for
the training or enlistment of Ne
groes as commissioned officers, it
has not revealed them, and ques
tions directed to its bureau of
public relations failed to elicit
any additional information.
Of the thousands af Negroes
who volunteered for service with
the navy before the 1’resident’s
executive order of Dec. 5, 1942,
banning voluntary enlistments,
most have completed their basic
training and many have -completed
advanced training at the navy's
vocational schools, the department
revealed.
‘Under the navy’s present plans,’
j t^e announcement says, ♦Negroes
inducted are assigned to duty ac
cording to the needs of the ser
ice. Aptitude and the personal
choice of the individual receive
consideration. Folkswing induction,
as in the case of all inductees,
they are given classification tests
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President Bell
Speaks To Nurse
Graduates
President Wm. H. Bell of Alcorn
College, spoke to the R. H. Green
graduating class of the Mississippi
Baptist Hospital school of nursing
at the graduating exercises at Cen
night.
The young women, Nellie Max
ine Smith, Leonia Moore and Mar
tha Mae Mitchell, comprising the
largest class that has graduated in
the history of the school, were
awarded their diplomas Tuesday
night.
Praising the work of the young
women, authorities of the hospi
tal said that the number of Negro
students were being increased each
year, leading to the hope of hav
ing six graduates lor next year’s
class.
Never Mind The Medal Now
Staff Sergeant Dee W. Andus, Carbondale, Illinois, has a
double-barrelled reason for that smile. Mail came from home while
he was being decorated with the Purple Heart for wound* suffered
when his camp was bombed. Sergeant Andus had just received
the medal and entered the orderly room to show it to his company
commander when the mail came in and Andus got his
batch. “Never mind the medal, sir,” he said, smiling, “Here’* just
what I’ve been looking for—mail from home.”
’Skegee Trustees Vote
To Accept Ala. Offer
NEW YORK — (ANP) — Trus
tees of Titskegee Insritute, meeting
here Friday at the home of the
chairman, Dr. William Jay Schief
felin, resolved to accept the offer
of the state of Alabama to cooper
ate with Tuskegee in the giving of
graduate study there in the fields
of agriculture, home economics and
rural education.
Tne agreement of the board was
based upon the Alabama legislature
enacting permissive legislation
which would allow the appropria
tion of $100,000 annually to sup
port the offerings in the three
Thanks Friends
vmjijpp . uum . '"
Miss Marie Washington, popular
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J.
Washington West Church Street,
Jackson, Miss., a Senior at Lanier
High and assistant teacher of Cen
tral church school. Miss Washing
ton deserve much credit for her
part in the contest altho defeated,
she took it with a smile. She
wishes to express her appreciation
to her co-worker and many friends
that helped her.
fields specified. The program calls
for an exceedingly strong division
devoted to farm and rural life and
contemnlates, when all phases of
the plan are developed, an event
ual expenditure by the state of
$225,000 per year.
The program which was approv
ed by the trustees is one which the
school administration has been
working on for half a dozen years.
Surveys regarding the possibilities
involved haVe been made over a
period of time and the outline for
the program tc be pursued wTas
drawn up by a distinguished com
mittee of experts with the assist
ance of the Ceneral Education
board of New’ York City which has
been interested in the promotion of
the effort.
It was voted to permit the state
to propose six trustees, who, al
though their prime function will
be to check on the expenditure of
the state’s money which will go in
to the general funds, will be select
ed after conference with the school
authorities and function the same
as the other 19 trustees. The only
difference will be tb t the 19 reg
ular trustees are self perpetuating
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Piney Woods
School Holds
Commencement
PINEY WOOD, Miss. — The
commencement season of Piney
Woods Country Life School, under
the direction of its founder and
Principal, Professor Lawrence C.
Jones, opened here Sunday night,
May *2, with the Commencement
sermon delivered by Rev, George
A. Schmidt, pastor First Lutheran
Church, New Orleans, Louisiana.
On Wednesday, May 5, the an
nual commencement exercises were
held with the commencement ad
j dress by Dr. Zilpha Emma Chand
' ler, of upper Iowa* University,
Dismiss Suit To
End Color Bar In
Rail Employment
BIRMINGHAM, Ala — (SNS)— Judge E. M. Creel, of
Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Court of Alabama in Equity,
dismissed Tuesday the suit filed hy Bester William Steele
against the L & N Railroad Company and the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen charging “ccnspir
acv to fraudulently eliminate from the services of the rail
road the complainant and other Negro firemen, or to dis
criminate against them in such a way as to give the white
firemen advantage in employment status, rate of pay and
etc.”
The complaint was based upon
“an employment agreement’* en
tered into between the railroad
company and the brotherhood. Feb.
8, 1941, which terms were alleged
to ‘injury and damage” Negro
firemen.
In sustaining the demurrer the
opinion said that any relief should
be predicated upon injuries sus
tained by Steele from wrongful
execution of the contract.
The opinion added such a plan
(allowing* the brotherhood to bar
gaining for the entire class, pro
mote only white fireman to
position of engineers. graup Ne
groes into a non promotable class
may have been necessary to the
proper operation of the railroad It
said further ‘no direct rel'ef is
sought against that practice '*
“The general allegations of
fraud and discrimination in the
execution of the contract are not
assumed to be true because its
provisions are more favorable to
the entire group of employees or a
portion thereof, as were the pro
visions of a former contract, the
opinion read.
.t added th«* the complaint
fni'eo ‘*0 aver thv a contract, more
favorable to complainfant and his
class was a pracptal possibility.
Steele was represented by Judge
Charles Houston of Washington,
D. C„ and Attorney Arthur D.
Shores of Birmingham. Lawyer
Shores said that the derision would
be appealed. 1
African Prince
Is USO Speaker
Dr. Akibi Nyabonga, a native
African Prince, whose brother is
now King of one of the important
tribes of British Africa, was guest
speaker of a special program at the
USO club Sunday evening. Follow
ing his presentation by USO Direc
tor Edwards, a c^owd that all but
filled the auditorium hear Dr. Nya
bonga give a fine exposition of the
history and background of native
African art and culture.
Dii Nyabonga is a recognized
world authority on native African
history, art and culture and aside
from attending Yale University,
holds the degree of Doctor of Phil
osophy from Oxford University in
England. At present, he is a mem
ber of the faculty at Alabama State
College.
Boy Scouts Buy
$500 War Bond
Troop 51, Boy Scout Of Pearl
Stret Church joined In the na
tion wide effort for the 13 Billion
dollar Second War Loan when
Carey J. Chambliss,a member of
the troop purchased a $500 series
Bond from the People Undertaking
Co., the city’s only Negro dis
tributing agency here last week.
Scout Chambliss, the son of J.
R. Chambliss well known Business
man, active church leader and
Scouter, has been a member of the
Boy Scoutg since reaching scout
ing age.
Most Popular Lady
Miss Ida Bell McKinney, talent
ed young daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John McKinney, Fairbank
Street, Jackson, Miss., a graduate
of Lanier High and pianist of
Central Methodist church school.
In a recent benefit contest, Miss
McKinney with her co-worker sold
the most votes, and was crowned
the most popular lady of Central.
She was presented a crown made
of daisies and a beautiful corsage.
1 Miss McKinney wishes to express
her appreciation to her co-worker
and friends who sold and bought
votes. Mrs. Steve Anderson made
the presentation.
Men Who Strike
Against Negroes
To Lose Benefits
Ruling Seen As
New Weapon
Against Jimcrow
WASHINGTON, D. C.-(SNS)—
The National Labor Relations Act
affords no protection to employees
who strike, or threaten to strike,
over the employment or ungrading
of Negro workers in industrial
plants, an NLRB trial examiner
ruled this week in a recommenda
tion to the National Labor Rela
tions Board.
The ruling, first NLRB recom
mendation involving racial discrim
ination in war plants, was made
by Trial Examiner William B. Bar
ton in the case of the Glamorgan
Pipe and Foundry Company of
Lynchburg, Va., and the United
Steelworkers of America, CIO.
PROTESTED NEGRO
The point was raised in a hear
ing before Mr. Barton on the cases
of Elizie H. Williams and Anthony
F. Lloyd, two of five employees of
the foundry company whom the
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